The Music Room

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The Music Room is a 1958 Indian Bengali drama film by Satyajit Ray that portrays the decline of a zamindar aristocrat through his obsessive love of classical music and lavish concerts.

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The Music Room canonical 6
Jalsaghar (The Music Room) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film
film
basedOn short story "Jalsaghar"
work by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
centralCharacter Biswambhar Roy
centralTheme decadence and ruin
decline of zamindari aristocracy
obsessive love of classical music
cinematographer Subrata Mitra
countryOfOrigin India
director Satyajit Ray
distributor Aurora Film Corporation
editor Dulal Dutta
features Hindustani classical music performances
filmMovement Parallel Cinema
genre drama
social drama
hasCriticalReception critically acclaimed
hasFilmFormat black-and-white
hasSubject landed aristocracy
music and patronage
zamindar
musicBy Robin Majumdar
Ustad Vilayat Khan
notableFor portrayal of feudal aristocracy in Bengal
use of long takes and interior compositions
originalLanguage Bengali
originalTitle Jalsaghar
partOf Satyajit Ray filmography
producer Satyajit Ray
recognizedAs classic of world cinema
major work of Satyajit Ray
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1958
runtimeMinutes 100
screenwriter Satyajit Ray
setting Bengal
settingPeriod late 1920s
stars Chhabi Biswas
Gangapada Basu
Padma Devi
Tulsi Lahiri
title The Music Room

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Jalsaghar hasTitleInEnglish The Music Room
The Music Room title The Music Room
Taraknath Gangopadhyay workAdaptedInto Jalsaghar (The Music Room)
linked to: The Music Room
Robin Majumdar notableWork The Music Room
Robin Majumdar workedOn The Music Room
Gangapada Basu notableWork The Music Room
Gangapada Basu appearedIn The Music Room